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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28
RAISING Broom CORN.
Methods 81 Planting and Cultivzting THAI
Have been Pracsiced successfully.

Methods ~ Planting aud Cultiv1ting THAI
Have Been Pracsiced successfully.
In the preparation II the soil for
broom corn the same plan should 10
carried out as advocated by all good
farmers in preparing the ground for
Indian corn. The better condition as
10 iincncs~ the ground is in the more
assurance you will have Of a good. even
stand. 50 il will pay to have ground
IN ~ good order A. possible. TcnncS-
see Evergreen i the most desirable va
ricty 10 plant. II Your seed is not en-
iircly free from stems adhcring. make
II 20 by running through sausage
grinder. Or mt in barrel and take a
spade and chop and work ii until every
stem i oif. then run through tanning
inill until perfectly clean. rs the holes
liz the drill-platc are so small that they
are very easily chokcd up. There il
quite difference If opinion In regard
% the quantity Of seed required. run
ming from Is to - acres from one
bushel Of seed. or from 50 TO 40 seeds
a. the rod; 50 plants to the rods very
good average. From the 18th Of May
until the first Of June. or even later.
i good time 70 plant. In planting
take any good two-horsc planter that
has drill attachment. provide yoursclf
with plates adapted especially to broom
corn seed. and 70 ahead the same as
for Indian corn, only don't plant too
deep, not over one-half inch. IL posi-.
Die.
II you can have three weeks good
weather. all well and good. as the seed
terminates very quickly and grows
rapidly when Il has start. hut
should there come hard. driving rain.
like we have here sometimes. IL will
bake the ground SO that the germ can
not get through; or should II be up
from one TO two inches. the ground viii
wash on il 50 badly that II will not
amount 70 any thing. rs the plant l. 50
yer, tender that Il will be completely
covered up; - the only thing Is to plant
over.
The cultivating Is about the same as
Tor Indian corn. in case the weeds dc
not get any start u you. But should
this happen the only remedy then Is to
pick aud hoe. There are attachments
% cultivators for the first blowing.
with which the ground Is just scrapcd
over and but very little dirt goes 70 the
plant The trouble with the first cult
waiting Is the plant Is 80 small and tender
that Il will not stand any dirt. But
after II starts to grow once II can get
away with any thing. It's growth q &C
rapid. Cor. Okso Farmer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28


~ In speaking II u procession 81 com
mcrci'sl travellers il was quite proper
for the newspaper 10 say that they
marched in a very orderly manner.
Merchant Trareicr.
- Pennsylvania named Fiddle
Wa recently played upon by New York
sharper~ 70 the tune II three thousand
dollars. He l. accordingly harping On
his ill-luck. .N0rri>to,rn HeraH.
Young ladies " no feel anxious to pre-
serve the most symmetrical anatomical
proportions. should never be in hurry.
They should remember that haste
''maks~ waist. ~ JhifehaH Times.
a thing that i open y presumably
capable of being shut. hut. often as We
have heard If an open winter. our at
tcnfion has never yet been called 10 4
shut winter. san Francisco ErnDia-
Or.
Master Tommy Now lets have
Tom. Tom. the Pipcr's Som Sister
NO. no. That's not Sunday song. :"
Master Tommy I'VE could say Tom.
Tom the Parsons SON. you know.''---
Fun.
Why She Couldn't Catch Him.
shc was plump and beautiful
And ne was much in love
She hated him, but. woman-like.
To catch him well she stroyc.
But then. you see
He was nea
-"Hnllo, Ward. come up 70 the board
sng-ho'ise and I'll introduce you 20
nice Young lady. Cad. she Il nice.
Never jokes, either" mo. Charley.
won't come up. I don't want any
thing 70 do with these jcst-nct-bcllcs- !"
Lis.
"A pompous and opinionated man
wnrn discussing a certain matter with
iany. exclaimed: ~ know l am right.
madame. ] am perfectly sure that I
Am. ! will bet my ears on II. madame y
10 You think i right to carry betting
!" such extreme lengths r" quietly
responded the lady. y. Ledger.
Little johnny. to guest at Dime,
Mr.. Hoskins. I'm glad you've staid
g dinner with Us today Mr.. Hos
k'ns-"Thank you Johnny. why are
you gladg' johnny 81 heard mamms
te'l the cook two hours ago that there
wasn't any signs Of your going. and
enc might a. well open jar Il pre-
serves: e you hadn't staid We wouldn't
nave had any preserves. expect
WY. mamma. what are you punching
y. ~ that way for with YOUR knesp'-
CAieaoo Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

Take two large spoois. drive large
nails through them In the wall about
svo inches apart. and hang your broom
up. brush-end up.
BE sure % keep your dish-c'pfh
yfcan. rs some physicians claim diph-
thcria will start from using greasy
dish-cloths. - Troy Times.
1t long since dawned upon me that
II would not do 10 trust the catalogues.
II has come 70 be considered jus'iiia-
bic thing 10 oyerrate new ,arirtics.--
american Goriea.
For delicious dish Of apples take
two pounds Of apples. pare and core
them. slice them into pan, add one
pound 81 loaf sugar and the juice Of
three lemons; let them boil about two
hours. turn into dish and serve with
thick cream. BOSTON Buigcf.
Cottage Pudding: One cup Of sugar.
one tablespoonful Of butter. one cup ~
milk, two eggs, two cups prepared
flour. Cream the butter and sugar.
add the whipped yelks Of the eggs. the
milk. the flour and the beaten whites.
Bake IN brick-shaped mold well
creased. and slice crosswisc. Eat with
either hard or liquid sauce Boston
bulletin.
Among the first crops which can be
put out on the opening Of spring are
early peas. Sown four inches deep. as
they should be. pretty sharp freeze
after planting will do them no harm.
Preparing the ground IN the fall will
facilitate the work. as before the ground
is dry enough to plow well in the
spring the peas may be sprouted or up
even. The soil should be well enriched.
and left in ridges. in which condition
il will dry quicker. - lsreland Leader.
To do up shirts take two table,
spoonf,ils Of starch and one teaspoon
even full Of powdered borax and dis
solve in one and onc-half cups Of cold
water. The shirts must not be pre-
vionsly starchcd. and they must be per-
fcctly dry. Dip the cuifs. collars.
bosoms and neck-bands In the starch.
then roll up tight in dry cloth and let
them lie two hours. Then rub of and
iron. They will be like pasteboard and
have nice gloss. Gocd Housekeeping.
Removing Cake from Tins: Sup
posing il 70 be loaf Of cake in deep
tin. First. YOU must butter the tin all
around the sides and bottom. then but
ter the paper - well Cutting il to fit
the tin exaciiy). Now. when the cake
j. baked. don't try 10 take il from the
tin while hot: set it away until perfect
" cold. then return it to the fire long
enough to warm the tin through. then
turn il upside down on your hand. aud
tap the edge Of the tin on the table. and
it will slip from the tin all right. and
you can take off the paper without any
injury 10 the cake. - Erchange.
We know Of no good reason why
every garden should not have a bed Of
asparagus. and q large one. too. Once
planted in good garden soil. and the
crop j. certain for many years 70 come.
The most suitable <oil is deep. light
loan. and Il should be underdrained.
Whatever labor and outlay i put into
is preparation to have II deeply
worked and MANFRED will be returned
again 10 the doer. and with high rate
Of interest The more manure the
greater the product: AZ the rate Of fifty
iro horse leads to the acre would be
the right thing Enrn Ncw Yorker.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28


Joe jefferson calls the book which
be 4 writing his "Reminiscences.
President Eliot. Of Harvard. said.
IT. his address Ut Kings Chapel. hos
tor. that " a. rule the world loves a
conservator better than the critic or
POINTER"
1t i estimated that over $500. 600
has been spent in unsuccessful attempts
% establish newspapers In Portland.
Ore. during the past twenty years. NV
Chicago Times.
senator Van Wyck. Of Nebraska.
has 4 baby daughter year or two old
that was born on New Years day. and
goes BY the name Of Happy New Year
Van Wyck. N y. Nail.
john +. Smith. Philadelphia type
founder. distributed 100000 among
various charitable and educational in
stitutions in thai city during the past
year. philadelphia Press.
Colonel Gilbert A. Pierce, who r..
Gently resigned the Govcrnorship 81
Dakota. has accepted the position: d
associate editor 81 the -. Paul Pioneer
Press for Dakota His hcadquarter will
be in bismarck.
Miss II. Maude Merrill. Of iluckport
Center. Me-. has received a personal
letter Of thanks and COMMUNICATION
from General Grants private secretary
for the best poem on the General.
death that the family received. -- chi
cago Tribune.
~ the conclusion Of Sarah Bern
harts recent benefit performance in
Buenos Ayres. the great ira -eliennc
who was playing bona Sol in '.Her-
mani. was presented with the title
deeds for tract ~ ten square miles
in the Argentine Republic.
senator sherman and General
Sherman are said 10 exchange letters
almost daily when ont of one another's
society. ''Cump' is what John al
ways calls the soldier. and Now.
john i the style that the General
uses in accosting the senator
a day or two before the New Eng
land dinner some one asked Mr. Henry
w. Grady. Of the Atlanta Constitution.
what he intended to say ia his speech.
''The Lord only knows" lie replied.
81 have thought ~ a thousand things
% say. five hundred Of which il "a,
the, will murder me when / get back
hom y. and If say the other five hun
drcd they viii murder me az the ban
quet.
Adclina Patti has the autograph
craze in il most yirulcnt form. and for
many years past no friend Of any lis.
tinction has been PERMITTED 70 pass the
threshold Of the prima donna until he
or she has written few words either
upon Mime. Patti herself or upon some
other subject or interest. The conse-
qucncc j. that the signatures Of almost
every notability both in and outside
The musical world are 70 be found in
her albums. N. y. Herald.
john H. Craig. whose home il IN
Indiana. near indianapolis. is six feet
four and half inches ia height. and
weighs $50 pounds. He measures
eight feet two inches around the hips
and eighteen inches around the ankle.
H. was born thirty years ago. and then
weighed but eleven pounds Two years
later he took prize at one Of Bar
nuns baby shows in this city because
he weighed 2oG pounds. Apparently
he has been growing ever since.-N. y.
Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

A German professor spent twenty years
in studying the habits and characteristics
Of certain snail. and learned this in
teresting fact. concerning IL: Or the Pa
ciic coast Of America, where Il II found
in great abundance. il il praycd upon by .
certain fish which abounds IL the Pacific
ocean. A. an aid in escaping from IL
formidable enemy IL has been provided
with IN eye on the bacx % its head Tho
same snail is found on the Atlantic coast
exactly like rs far-wcstcrn brother In
every particular except that Il has no pos
terror eye. And the reason for this d that
there Is no corresponding fish 70 prey up
on 1t "a the Atlantic ocean
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

"Why, Brown, how short your coat il. -
said Jones one day 70 his friend Brown,
long enough before l get another Some
men spend % much for medicines that
neither heal nor help them. that new
clothes Is with them like angels visits
few and far between Internal fevers,
weakness Of the lungs, shortness Of breath
and lingering coughs, soon yield TO the
magic influence Of that royal remedy, DR..
K Y. Piercc's Golden Medical Discovery -
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

LIFE is burdensome. alike to the sufferer
and all around him, while dyspepsia and lis
attending evils holds sway. Complaints Of
this nature can be speedily cured BY TAX
sands once thus afflicted now bear cheerful
testimony a. 70 its merits
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

The former proprietor OF Dr. Sage's c.
tarrh Remedy, for years male standing,
public offer In oil American newspapers d
EkO reward for case OF catarrh that he
have renewed this offer. All the druggist;
sell this Remedy. together with the
/" Douche,~ aud all other appliances advised
10 be used in connection with il. No ca
tarrh patient Is longer able TO say lean moi
De cured" You get <J00 ia case OF failure.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

Is failing TO provide the proper means 10
expel from the system those disease germs
rheumatism, and sick headache. The only
reliable means is DR.. Harter Iron Tonic.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

THE COMBINATION or IxeRx,rExrs nsed
in making BRowx's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs
IL such a 10 give the best possible effect
with safety They are the best remedy in
use for Coughs. Colds. AMI Thr ,at Dis
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

FUNCTIONAL arrangement OF the female
system is quickly cured by the use OF Dr.
X v. Piercc's "Favorite Prescription" Il
removes pain and restores health and
strength BY all druggists.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

aOxE OF the best friends 70 the Poultry
yard Is the very effective Bone Mil adyer
tised by Wilson Bros. Easton. Pa The
one we have gives entire satisfaction.
Grind up the offals OF bone and NIL the egg
basket It will pay"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

DAVID Scorr, champion Australian crick'
eter, says 81. Jacobs on acts like magic.
Hospitals and curative institutions sue.
cessfuliy use Red Star Cough Cure. No
opiates. Costs twenty-five cents bottle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

IMPRESSIONS Of Acknowledgment u
the snow--Aex Hapss At1s.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

WAL OF the stage carpenter-all work
and no play Texas SJfings.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

HALE's Honey Of Hcrchound and Tar 70
Lieyes whocpinY cough.
Pike Tvothacnc Drops Cure in one minute
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

The trouble with buzz-saw u that e
never has false teeth
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

THE ae-stretch-Trying to make both
ends meet
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

In . cough disturbs your slecr. take
Piso's Cure Tor ConsurnptAon and rest we'll
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

NEVER attempt to handle : snow shovel
without gloves.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-28

THE call to John, take the baby. '
-Iosedo Blade
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Cabbage. apples and potatoes must
not be permitted 70 rot IL the collar.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-07-01
Magruder's attack ceas,d. Summers corps

Magruder's attack ceassd. Summers corps
then moved nearer Sa.agc station.
McClelan's destruction of the Chiclxa-
hominy bridges had retarded the pursuit by
jackson, who vas ON the north side Of the
river He did not get over till the morning
of the Both.
Meantime, OH tho afternoon of the Goth,
Magruder again attacked the Federal forces
around Savage Station. He says he had
$4,000 men. Thus, with Huger's division
pursuing McClellan's army, Richmond was
quite denuded of troops.
The Federal forces grouped around Savage
station in the battle of that name were Frank
Inns corps, with Smith and Slocum as division
commanders, Summers corps, and McCalls
division of Franklins corps. Heintzelman
had been ordered by Sumner to take position
on the left, but Heintzelman simply withdrew
his corps, and took no part in the battle of
Savage Station. He said there was not room
for so many troops, so he destroyed the stores
at Savage station and started for the James.
1t was well known that there was no love
lost between Heintzelman and Sumner.
Lee had expected jackson to take part in
the action at Savage station, but Jackson had
not yet been able to rebuild the Grapevine
bridge, and so Magruder fought alone At
$50 Magruder brought his forces into action.
With them was the peculiar rined cannon
which the Confederates called the "Land Mer-
rimac." 1t was mounted upon a car, and the
front of it was covered with a sloping iron
roof, from which shots ratified harmlessly off,
The sides were protected with armor plate,
over which was another covering Of heavy
wood
Just before sunset Magruders Confederates
made rush for tho Union forces at Savage
station. The "Land Merrimac" was used
with great effect. They were met with
heavy fire from the Union line. Then for
half ON hour there was nothing but roar and
smoke and deadly fire. At the end of that
time the Confederate lines wcro broken.
They gave way, fell back and left the road to
White Oak swamp open for the Federal re-
treat to the James. The retreat was con-
tinued as soon as the wounded could be
gathered up, and Summers and Franklin's
corps went ON their way, through White
Oak swamp, leaving behind them Savage
Station, with its huge hospital of sick and
wounded and its medical stores. This was
McClellon's order. 1t fell into the hands Of
Stonewall Jackson next morning, with its
$500 men.
In the battle of Savage station the Con-
federates lost 600 men, the Federals 5000
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-07-01


that fated Goth of June was at Willis
church, near Glendale 1t was sharp
ssirmish with Confederate cavalry on the
Quaker road, by which Mcclellan was re-
treating. With the great number Of Con-
federates drawing nearer and nearer TO his
right, and Jackson's men after him in the
rear, this retreat of Mcclellan to the james
was no child's play.
June 30 Mcclellan had reached his new
headquarters at Malvern hll, near the
James But the army of the Potomac had
by no means arrived there. 1t had yet more
fighting before it ere it rested on the James.
In this bloody retreat fighting enough was
done and lives enough were sacrificed to have
taken Richmond many times over If the Fed
eral generals had only known how to do it,
Three roads leading out from Richmond
intercept the Quaker road by which McClel-
Ian retreated. When Reyes began his retreat,
he fortunately discovered an old road run
ming parallel with the Quaker road. He
struck that, and by hurrying his men along
it, reached Malvern Hill speedily. A double
line of troops was thus also formed against
the Confederntes The two routes appear on
the map.
There was constant danger of attack by
the Confederates along the cross roads, al
ready mentioned, leading from Richmond,
namely, the Charles City, Central and New
market roads As soon as Lee discovered
the line of McClellan's retreat he ordered
Hill and Longstreet to recross to tho south
side of the Chickahominy and follow south
and intercept the Federals. The Central road
runs into Long Bridge road, and that crosses
the Quaker road. At the intersection of the
Long Bridge and Quaker roads Hill and
Longstreet found part of the Federal forces.
A mile further on, ut the junction OF the
Newmarket and Quaker roads, McCall's divi-
sion was posted.
Then took place the sixth contest of the
seven days fighting-the battle of Glendale,
sometimes called also the battle Of Nelson's
Farm-Monday, June 80. 1t Is called too,
tho battle of Frazier's Farm.
In oil the stubborn fighting of the PENN
sula the absence of the commanding general
from so many Of the severest fights is matter
of note While his corps commanders, and
in some cases division and brigade generals,
were bearing the brunt OF battle without q
leader as best they might, Mcclellan was apt
to be off somewhere else, experimenting the
throwing up of intrenchments or the selection
of headquarters or doing engineers work. II
was unfortunate for his fame as q military
commander
On the perlous retreat to the James he
went ahead, to Malvern Hill, to James river
and the gunboats. During the bloody fight
at Glendale the general in chief knew nothing
about it till late at night. He had been part
of the day at his headquarters at Malvern
Hill and part of the time upon a gunboat.
In the battle at Glendale Gen. Philip Kearney
distinguished himself. He was one of the most
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-07-01

column. Thus McClellan's army on the north
bank Of the Chickahominy would be involved
front and rear, and could be cut TO pieces.
But for the first time i'm his life Stonewall
Jackson was late The two Hills and Long
street carried out their part of the pro-
gramme, attacking the Federal front as it
faced south on the Chickahominy. Their
work was with the Federal left, Jacksons
with the right.
A. p Hills advance had driven the Union
pickets back to the main line at Ellison's
Mill. There was time enough for the Federals
to form in battle line. Hill and Longstreet
advanced in the teeth of tremendous fire of
musketry and artillery from the heights
around Eilison's Mill The firing came from
Gen. Seymour, who held the left The Con-
federates had hoped TO turn the Union flank
and cut the left to pieces. In the midst Of
deadly fire they were hurled back, and the
movement failed, and so the battle of Me-
chanicsyille ended. 1t had lasted from 8
o'clock in the afternoon till o. McCall's men
were in tho bloodiest of the contest. The Con-
federates lost between 5000 and 1000, the
Federals about 400.
Next morning Mcclellan resolved toretreat
south and take up position ON the James. He
found for certain that jackson was in his vicil-
ity with q large force, and had only been de-
tanned by some Federal slkirmishers at Tolo-
potomy creek, north Of Mechanicsville.
Here some military critics declare Mcclellan
made another mistake. The Confederates had
left Richmond protected only by %, 900 men
-Huger's and Magruders divisions-on the
eth. After the Federal victory at Mechanics
vile if Mcclellan had unexpectedly and Wig
orously attacked Richmond, he could have
cut Lees army in two. Magruder, indeed, ex-
pected it. He wrote in his report: 81 passed
the night without sleep. Had Mcclellan
massed his whole force in column, and adj
vanced it against any point of our line of bat
tie, as was done at Austerlitz under similar
circumstances by the greatest captain of any
age, y the occupation of our works
about Richmond, and consequently the city,
might have been his reward"
But Mcclellan did not do it. Hesbegan 20
retreat to the James.
The second battle of the seven days fight
ing was that at Gaines Mill, or Cold Harbor,
June 81
Mcclellan made ready for his right wing
to cross the Chickahominy. During the night
of the Goth the heavy guns and wagons were
sent across to the south bank. Porter's corps,
the Fifth, was drawn up at Gaines Mills, e
position several miles south of Mechanics
vile. This place was between Cold Harbor
and the Chickahomny.
The Confederates had not reiterated. An
other attack was to be made on Fitz john
Porter's corps, north of the Chickahominy,
next day.